7.3% ▲ +188.5%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tamworth - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Tamworth - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking languages other than English at home in Tamworth - West, with that figure rising by 4.8 percentage points since 2011. Only 7.3% of residents now use another language, which is far below the national average. English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 80.2% of people speak only English, and the 7.3% who use another language at home is much lower than in most other areas. While Tagalog is the most common non-English language at 1.9%, only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average.
1.2% ▲ +128.4%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Tamworth - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041204/tamworth-west/topic/language